Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2024!

Hello Ganesha811, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2024. Happy editing, The Herald (Benison) (talk) 06:11, 25 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply] Spread the love by adding ((subst:Seasonal Greetings)) to other user talk pages.

The Herald (Benison) (talk) 06:11, 25 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you! Hope the same for you as well. —Ganesha811 (talk) 12:32, 26 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you Ganesha, Kindly let me get started with this: where are you based and you inspiration into writing? --Tusingwire Claire (talk) 10:02, 26 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello! I'm based in North America and I enjoy writing Wikipedia as a hobby. Do you need any help with learning to edit? —Ganesha811 (talk) 12:32, 26 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

December: story · music · places

Thank you for your kind message to me. I wish you merry festive days and a peaceful New Year. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:07, 26 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

My best to you as well! You may be interested; I saw Handel's Messiah in full for the first time this holiday, and while Part I could be passed over without missing too much, Part III really blew me away, particularly this song. The "Hallelujah" chorus is fun, but there are moments of remarkable beauty throughout the whole oratorio. —Ganesha811 (talk) 16:20, 26 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello Ganesha811,

Thanks for being a mentor. Is the editing process a simple as reading an article and correcting errors based on research? --Kenstan01 (talk) 18:35, 26 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Yes, that's a great way to start! If you're planning to make large changes to an article all at once, you might post about it on the talk page before you do it, but in general, that sounds like an excellent strategy for an editor starting out. You could also focus on typos, or finding sources for uncited passages. Happy editing! —Ganesha811 (talk) 13:35, 28 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

~ ~ ~ Merry Christmas! ~ ~ ~

Hello Ganesha811: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Spread the love; use ((subst:User:Dustfreeworld/Xmas1)) to send this message.

CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 21:35, 28 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello, I see that you closed this Afd as a Delete. Given various Keep !votes do refer to guidelines and not only to the number of porn awards, would you please consider relist it one last time? I see other Afds often relisted 3 times when the consensus is not that easy to determine. Also the page was recently edited in a way that, for example, an administrator who had relisted the page could not even realize recent sources that can back a GNG claim were using another name (see my !vote), so that another round of comments would be in my view useful. Thank you. -My, oh my! (Mushy Yank) 07:59, 30 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi! I did take into account that some Keep !votes made policy-based arguments, but I thought those arguments were effectively countered by the policy-based arguments of the Delete !voters. There were a couple Keep !votes without strong rationales. My view is that consensus is that WP:ANYBIO does not apply, and that though the Harper's source is probably the strongest overall, there is not enough to meet WP:GNG. The Yahoo/BI piece appears to be a promotional interview, not in-depth journalistic work. Thanks for bringing this up, but on a second look, I don't think there's a strong basis to undo the close. —Ganesha811 (talk) 11:02, 30 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello again and thank you for this friendly and thorough reply. I seem to remember other reliable sources about her (Glamour in Bulgarian, with her on the cover, among other things). I still think she could be considered notable but independently (because my view is that Howell meets GNG) of this very article, this, I think, raises yet another time the issue of WP criteria for notoriety of pornographic entertainers, whose approach, I am sure, will have to be reconsidered again in the future. But that’s another story. Thanks again. Best wishes, -My, oh my! (Mushy Yank) 16:36, 30 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I agree that the provision in WP:ANYBIO mentioning a "well-known and significant award or honor" could stand to be spelled out a little more, especially in categories where we frequently have marginal notability and marginally reliable sources, such as pornographic performers. Happy editing! —Ganesha811 (talk) 21:51, 30 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Can you review the article of Emperor Haile Selassie I for a potential good article, it would be appreciated CtasACT (talk) 18:37, 30 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello! I generally don't take requests, but good luck with the article review! I'm sure someone will pick it up in the next few weeks (or couple months at the outside). —Ganesha811 (talk) 22:00, 30 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Happy New Year!

Ganesha811,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 18:47, 31 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 18:47, 31 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Happy New Year!

Ganesha811,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2023).

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Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht

Happy New Year

2024

Same location pictured as 2019. - Thank you for sharing about experiencing Messiah. My favourite is He was despised. When Andreas Scholl sang it for us, the audience was silent in listening. All these rests ... -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:00, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Yes, that's another beautiful movement! —Ganesha811 (talk) 21:04, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you! - On the Main page: the person who made the pictured festival possible --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:08, 16 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hey, I hope you're having a good 2024 so far! I made a list of unusual anniversaries (kind of like WP:UNUSUAL and WP:OTD combined) on my userpage and I'm spreading the word in case others have good things to add. I'm not quite sure what the purpose of the page is yet; I just figured that if *I* find it interesting, others might too. Crunchydillpickle🥒 (talk) 00:45, 5 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This is cool! I'll see if I can think of anything to add. —Ganesha811 (talk) 04:30, 5 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello, my account is more than 4 days old and I have written an article and save it in sandbox. Total number of edits are more than 80. But I haven't find the 'move' option. What to do? --Nayemparvaze (talk) 12:43, 9 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello! The instructions at Help:how to move a page may be useful. However, I can't recommend moving your sandbox article out of userspace yet. As currently written, it's non-neutral in tone, and the sourcing is not done correctly. I suggest you make more time making modifications, and then submit it to WP:AfC for review by an experienced editor. You can do this by adding Template:User sandbox to the top of your sandbox page and then clicking the "Submit your draft" button which appears. Happy editing. —Ganesha811 (talk) 14:08, 9 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The article Maria Trubnikova you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Maria Trubnikova for comments about the article, and Talk:Maria Trubnikova/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has never appeared on the Main Page as a "Did you know" item, and has not appeared within the last year either as "Today's featured article", or as a bold link under "In the news" or in the "On this day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear at DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On this day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Shushugah -- Shushugah (talk) 09:43, 12 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello! The entry "The New Book of Knowledge" relates to the editions of The Children's Encyclopaedia published by Grolier in the US. While I have no doubt the entry is largely correct, there must be a parallel English (UK) publication, which predates the Grolier editions with the same title, but is not mentioned in this entry, since my family bought a set (?12 volumes) in London some time between 1949 and 1951. The covers were cloth-covered cardboard in dark red/brown with silver (or possibly gold) lettering. I am pretty certain it was a UK publisher, and it certainly predates the American publications under the same title. My question is, how to include this information, which is simply my uncorroborated recollection, however certain I might be of my facts (it was my favourite reading matter when I was between 4 and 7 years old (born 1944). I certainly knew every item in the whole set by the time I went to Secondary School at the age of 8, which is how I am sure of the dates. --Nowthiswonthurt (talk) 02:12, 19 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello! The best way to add this to Wikipedia would be to find a reliable source which discusses the UK edition. The source can be online or offline, but if you can find evidence of these UK editions, I can help you add it to the article. Thanks for your interest in contributing to Wikipedia! —Ganesha811 (talk) 02:59, 19 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Ganesha811, delighted to have a mentor, it's a lovely surprise. I am trying to create a new Wikipedia page. I started to do one but I can't find it now! --ICP3M2 (talk) 15:53, 26 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello! You can look at your past edits on your contributions page. Perhaps it's emergency management you were thinking of? Happy to help answer questions about how to edit. —Ganesha811 (talk) 16:11, 26 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]